PP Jaseem

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[Aslah Kayyalakkath @aslahtweets]

Zakariya has spent 17 years in prison.

Seventeen years.

For almost a decade and a half, his trial did not even begin. During all these years, he was out for less than a week in total.

He couldn’t even visit his ailing mother.

And this is not just any mother. It is Beeyumma, now in her seventies, who has spent years fighting for justice for the son she believes was falsely implicated.

Beeyumma’s struggle went far beyond seeking justice for her son. She approached the Supreme Court challenging the use of the draconian UAPA, turning her personal grief into a larger fight for civil liberties.

The irony is painful.

The trial in the Bengaluru blasts case began only a few years ago and is now almost complete. The Supreme Court had directed that it be concluded within months.

But yesterday, the Karnataka High Court transferred the case from the trial court to another court.

Another court. Another delay. Another set of years.

And then there is Quadir. Another prisoner in the Bengaluru blast case.

He died in prison just weeks ago. Even if he had ultimately been convicted, the maximum punishment for the offence he was accused of was three years. Instead, he spent 17 years behind bars until his last breath.

In India, justice delayed is not merely justice denied. Sometimes, it becomes a life sentence without a conviction.

[Aslah Kayyalakkath @aslahtweets]

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[PP Jaseem @jaseempp]

What a brilliant article. Kudos for writing it @NesrineMalik

[Nesrine Malik @NesrineMalik]

War in Iran, chaos in the Gulf, repression in the west: and the thread that binds them all is Palestine https://t.co/VpYV6LSmsB

[Rajiv Sinha @RajivSinhaG]

I call on British Hindus to reckon with caste, privilege, and complicity. This is a necessary precursor to fighting fascism & fostering economic justice.

Demo in Parliament Square in resistance to the anti-people, Hindutva fascist bulldozer Raj.

#Indian #Hindutva #democracy

[MEND Community @mendcommunity]

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[Maktoob @MaktoobMedia]

“The exoneration of Majid Freeman is a nail on the coffin of Hindutva’s propaganda on 2022 Leicester riot,” reads a statement issued by the United Kingdom-Indian Muslim Council (UK-IMC).

@jaseempp reports:

https://t.co/WkhQsecFXW

[PP Jaseem @jaseempp]

@HighwaysEMIDS It’s been around 3 hours. We have already passed an hour since this update. What’s going on?

[PP Jaseem @jaseempp]

You have blood on your hands TR. We have seen far-right campaigns weaponising women’s and children’s safety to spread racist and Islamophobic myths such as that ‘grooming gangs’ primarily consist of Muslim men. This dehumanisation campaign finally led to these kind of violence.

[Maktoob @MaktoobMedia]

In a racially motivated attack on Tuesday morning near Tame Road in Oldbury, Birmingham, a 20-year-old Sikh woman was raped by two white men who reportedly told her, “You don’t belong here, get out,” sparking widespread outrage among the diaspora, Sikh communities, and anti-racist groups.

@jaseempp reports:

https://t.co/9Sum8awQWM

[Maktoob @MaktoobMedia]

On the occasion of the 78th anniversaries of India’s and Pakistan’s independence from British colonial rule, South Asian diaspora groups staged a protest in London, highlighting the targeting of Bengali Muslims.

@jaseempp reports:

https://t.co/DANZEn4O2x

[PP Jaseem @jaseempp]

Ray of hope for the working class, and who are on the margins and on left. My report

[Maktoob @MaktoobMedia]

Amid rising criticism against Prime Minister Keir Starmer within the ruling Labour Party, former Labour chief Jeremy Corbyn made plans to set up a new political party with MP Zarah Sultana, who quit the Labour Party to join Corbyn as a co-lead in founding the new one.

@jaseempp reports:

https://t.co/0W8sxDEnKN

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

Don’t look away. Since the start of the Israel-Iran war 7 days ago, over 400 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed, many shot while seeking food. It's unconscionable that Netanyahu has not allowed international orgs to resume food delivery.

The weaponization of food must end.

[Maktoob @MaktoobMedia]

Activists from the Stop the JCB Demolitions Campaign on Sunday disrupted the bulldozer manufacturing company JCB’s 80th anniversary at the company’s headquarters in the city of Rocester, Britain.

@jaseempp reports:

https://t.co/1W67kmpU0S

[UK Indian Muslim Council @UKIMCouncil]

The Hindutva govt under ruling BJP in India has intensified its attack on Muslims in the country by declaring a new war with continuous discriminatory legislations. Both the houses of Indian Parliament now passed #WaqfBill2025 to govern Muslim endowments worth more than $14bn

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For the first time, the United Kingdom government has reportedly acknowledged the role of Hindu nationalism, known as Hindutva, in the Leicester riot of September 2022.

@jaseempp reports:

https://t.co/0ciBVbVTiR

[PP Jaseem @jaseempp]

@SangitaMyska All the best

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

5-9 year olds are the most killed age group in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Israel’s plan to stop people from returning to the north is ethnic cleansing.

Meanwhile, media & politicians defend fascist football thugs chanting “death to Arabs”.

Where’s the outrage against genocide?

[Sangita Myska @SangitaMyska]

@DavidLammy Mr Lammy, you’re right to condemn antisemitism, it has no place in society. Will you also condemn Israeli football hooligans assaulting a taxi driver, the footage of anti-Arab hate chants, ripping down of Palestinian flags & the breach of the 1 min silence for flood victims?

[SouthAsia Solidarity @SAsiaSolidarity]

@QMUL why are you hosting this notorious Islamophobe, inspiration for fascist mass murderer Anders Brevik? How long will you tolerate Prakash Shah's hatemongering, his caste denialism and platforming of the far-right? This endangers and insults your students, staff and community.

[Muhammad Shehada @muhammadshehad2]

A reminder that under international law, using civilians as human shields means forcing them to live alongside you. It doesn’t mean operating in an area that happens to have civilians around.

Every insurgent/guerilla force fights from within the civilian population. The rebels did it in the American revolution, Italy's Risorgimento, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Algeria, Angola...

That doesn't make civilians a legitimate target EVER, even if combatants are nearby.

The Additional Protocol to the Fourth Geneva Convention explicitly states that the presence of fighters in an area “shall not release the Parties to the conflict from their legal obligations with respect to the civilian population.”